A1 Journal article (refereed)
Assemblages of language, impact and research (2022)


Ennser-Kananen, J., Károly, A., & Saarinen, T. (2022). Assemblages of language, impact and research. Apples : Journal of Applied Language Studies, 16(3), 69-86. https://doi.org/10.47862/apples.114943


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All authors or editorsEnnser-Kananen, Johanna; Károly, Adrienn; Saarinen, Taina

Journal or seriesApples : Journal of Applied Language Studies

eISSN1457-9863

Publication year2022

Publication date05/12/2022

Volume16

Issue number3

Pages range69-86

PublisherJyväskylän yliopisto

Publication countryFinland

Publication languageEnglish

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.47862/apples.114943

Publication open accessOpenly available

Publication channel open accessOpen Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX)https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/84513


Abstract

Three scholars—of languages and knowledges, of translation and writing, and of higher education—discuss societal impact as a higher education policy goal and the language ideologies that link with that discussion. We first criticize the problematic notion of impact that is common in higher education policy and discuss language and impact in terms of their assumed predictable, definable, and linear nature. From there, we move on to advocating for a multimodal, multidirectional, locally, and globally relevant impact that is focused on direct engagement, participatory approaches, support for promoting community activities, and introducing more epistemologically just understandings of the relationship between the researcher and the community they work with. Eventually, this requires us academics to be accountable to our environment and to abandon the binaries between researcher–researched, subject–object, and human–non-human.


Keywordshigher education (teaching)languagessocial effectssocietal effects

Free keywordshigher education policy; societal impact; scientific impact; language


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Ministry reportingYes

VIRTA submission year2022

JUFO rating1


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